Is CVE-2023-38952 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-38952 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-38952?

CVE-2023-38952 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-38952?

CVE-2023-38952 has an EPSS score of 2.44% (82th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2023-38952?

No published fix for CVE-2023-38952 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-38952

HIGHEPSS 82th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Insecure access control in ZKTeco BioTime through 9.0.1 allows authenticated attackers to escalate their privileges due to the fact that session ids are not validated for the type of user accessing the application by default. Privilege restrictions between non-admin and admin users are not enforced and any authenticated user can leverage admin functions without restriction by making direct requests to administrative endpoints.

CWE-552

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

2.44%probability of exploitation in 30 days

82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

claroty.com

Product1

zkteco.com

Other references3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-27.